A special thanks to the core of Sherry Carnahan, Dave Stoler and Wendy Hagen. We have stopped over 6 tons of trash from getting into major waterways like the Tuscarawas and Summit Lake. Stay tuned for the next 2 years!! For more on the #disasteronthetuscarawas, visit our website: riverkeepersohio.com
I learned a lot from both the accident and the man. At the time, Matt was just talking about the new Eco-Maxx facility he was building in Canton. When the time came for the ribbon cutting, he invited me down and I witnessed that he practices what he preaches. Here is a video that speaks…
It has been over a year long journey since the day I watched him leave for his favorite fishing spot one July morning, to receiving a panic call and texts with pictures of an oil covered fishing line, black oily water and wildlife covered in oil. He discovered and reported a major oil spill in…
There was no report to the public from them, local politicos, OEPA, ODNR or anyone for that mater. That is until George Wright ventured down to the creek on Sept 10th (4 days after the event) for some fishing only to find all the fish dead. He contacted the local fire department along with OEPA…
Nobel Oil dumped 1000 gallons of used motor oil into the Tuscrawaras River when transferring from their tanker truck into a railcar at the P-C Sales transfer station in Barberton and the resulting #disasteronthetuscarawas polluted the environment for miles, killing countless wildlife and affecting many more. We monitored the cleanup for the next 11 weeks…